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Songs for a New World
Composer Jason Robert Brown says of his debut musical, "It's about one moment. It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back. The moment you think you know where you stand, the things that you're sure of slip from your hand, and you're suddenly a stranger in some completely different land." Our songbook featu...more
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
November 1st 2001
by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
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The best piece of musical theater to come along in a very long time. This show is all about the music, as there is no spoken dialogue, only songs. Each song is a different character/characters, a different genre of music, and sometimes, different time periods. The common thread to these characters is that they are all on brink of change. The lyrics are precise, shedding light to one's thoughts that never seemed to fit into words. Some arrangements are simple, some deliciously complex. You ...more
Briana
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I don't believe anyone knows how much I really like Jason Robert Brown's music...but hey, anyone who plays his own piano for his own productions is automatically cool...and anyone who writes an entire song is 6/4 time is pretty clever...
This is one of my favorite sound tracks and I just love singing these pieces and wish I would've focused on one for my senior recital.
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Jason studied composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., with Samuel Adler, Christopher Rouse, and Joseph Schwantner. He now divides his time between Los Angeles, California and Spoleto, Italy. Jason is a proud member of the Dramatist's Guild and the American Federation of Musicians Local 802 & 47.
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